Bring on the Conference

Here's the link to the conference website. http://aejmcctec.com/midwinter/

 Remember that the deadline for Abstract submissions is Dec. 1, 2013, and you don't have anything to loose.

I have a question

Using the data set from the twitter research group, I'd like to answer the question of "What type of frame were political journalists establishing through mention of religion in the last presidential election?" "Were the tweets, mentions, and RTs positive or negative?"

Best Friends Forever

Friendship - "Any relationship based on the concepts of mutual familiarity, trust, and appreciation."

How well do you feel you know this individual? (Scale from "Not at all" to "Completely")

How much do you trust this individual? (Scale from "Not at all" to "Completely")

How much do you appreciate this individual?  (Scale from "Not at all" to "Completely")

Most Important Failure

Based on my personal experience and things that I've seen in the lives of those close to me, the MIP that we face in society today is living beyond our means.  There are so many people that live on credit, live on the support of others, and put in no effort of their own to take care of themselves or their problems.

Even the government itself has this problem and survives only on the merits of deficit spending.  If we are to change the world and no be a complete embarrassment to future generations, we have to learn how to live within our means and not make our problems the concern of others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_KuCc94JQ

Give me Harmony

     In the article "Overcoming 'Physics Envy'", Clarke and Primo cite an economist for his ideas about why people feel the need to do things using the same methods and strategies in order to compete. "If you don’t move to a central location but your opponent does, your opponent will nab those voters (customers)." (Downs,1950) I can see the reasoning behind these ideas, but at the same time it's the differences that count. If there is nothing to distinguish one thing from something else, then there is no purpose in it's existence. The beauty of a symphony isn't found in unison, but harmony.
     It's important that multiple avenues of research are used/understood because, like people, no two are identical. Each provides a unique perspective and family of insights that might convey information to a different group of people. As long as it serves a purpose, any research, regardless of it's similarity to the hard sciences, is valuable and worthwhile.

A few journal articles that caught my attention:

     Journalism Studies:  The Impact of Technology on Journalism
     Journalism and Mass Communications Quarterly:  Individual and Routine Forces in Gatekeeping